The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-22

ten, beginning with Cole. and call his
No. s:
No. 8. James II. Cole va asked II b
had any prejudice against SocialistI
Communists or Anarchists; also. II b
would give the same credit 10 their tel
timony Is 10 Others, If the prisoner
should be shown 70 be either Socialists
Communists or Ansrchistsf Judg
Gary refused to allow Cole to answe
either question.
No. 4. James Il. Brayton in hi
examination that he had formed a
opini IN and was prejudicei against So
cialists. Communists and Anarchists. bu
said he believed he could render . fai
and impartial verdict after he had hear
the evidence regardless Of his presen
opinion. The prisoners counsel &C
cepted him because they could see n
chance Of doing better from the l,t Rsc'
was bringing in and Gary was declarin0
qualified.
No. 5. John B. Greiner acknowledged
he had formed an opinion. and whet
asked If he thought the prisoners wer,
connected with the murder Of Degan hi
said: well. it is evident that the,
are. from their being here" HIS ignor
ance and apparent honesty led to thu
belief that he was as safe aspecimen a,
had been or was likely TO be offered by
Ryce or accepted by Gary, 80 he was &C
cepted; but the reader must see ths
only under khe severest pressure could
q prisoner be forced to trust his life tt
such keeping.
No. 8. Charles A. Ludwig admitted
that he was prejudiced against Socialists,
Communists and Anarchists. Il.
No. 7. Alanson H. Reed said he had
an opinion Of the guilt or innocence o.
the prisoners. or ofsome of them, and
was. BY reading the newspapers, preJu-
diced against Socialists. Communists and
Anarchists. -
No. 8. C. B. Todd said he had an
opinion as to the guilt or innocence ol
the prisoners. which was derived from
all sources of information.
No. Q. Andrew Hamilton admitted
that he had said, before being sum
moned to serve on the jury, that he
thought somebody ought to be made an
example Of. L
No. 10. G. w. Adams. on direct ex.
animation BY Grinnell. said he had an
opinion Of the prisoners guilt or limo.
cence; but UPON cross examination he
admitted that he thought some Of the
prisoners were connected with the mur.
der Of Degan. but said the opinion wa,
not a strong one. and he thought he
could lay aside all prejudice and render
an impartial verdict. On motion for q
new trial it was proved by Michael Gull
that before Adams was summoned to
serve on the jury, he said to Gull and g
number Of others present: "If was or
the jury | would hang all the damned
Burgers" Had the true character ol
Adams been known when he went on
the jury the prisoners would have used
a peremptory challenge I'd get rid of him
for they had some left when he was &C
cepted. - I
No. IL, Theodore Dencker admitted
that he had expressed an opinion as to
the guilt Of the prisoners, which opinion
he still entertained. and that he thought
the opinion would prev ent him from
rendering an impartial verdict; bui
when afterward coached by the insinu.
atine questions Of Judge Gary, he said
he believed he could give an impartia
verdict and not be influenced by hi
prejudice. He was objected to for cause
and the Judge over-ruled the objection
He was then further examined by pris.
oners' counsel and he so strongly per
sisted that he could decide the case or
its merits, as 1t should be proved in
open court, regardless Of former opinionI
or preiudices, that the prisoners coun
sci decided not to challenge him per
emptorily, for that class of challenges
were getting verv scarce and the panel
was not vet full. After the trial th'
true character Of Dsncker came to light
and on motion for new trial 7. ]. and
T. s. Morgan both swore that the ds'
after the prisoners were arrested MAY
8. 1885, Dencker said to them: "Spie
and the whole damned crowd ought t.
be hung"
No. l2. H.. T. Sanford was the las
Juror sworn in. He said he had al
opinion as to the guilt or innocence o
the eight defendants in the throwing o
the bomb, and had decided preiudic'
against Socialists, Communists and An
archists b. Prisoners counsel challenged
him fot cause. and the Judge .over-rule'
the challenge. The prisoners' peremr
tory challenges had all been used VI
and they were at Gsry's mercy. and 81
Sanford was allowed to sit on the jury
Here were ten Of the twelve men O
q jury who had confessed in open couI
and under oath that they we're preju
diced against the prisoners. yet unds
the conspiracy Of Ga sry and Ryce th
prisoners were obliged to take them Q
a dozen who we're clearly worse. Unde
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